Unitarianism or Federalism (To the Question of Future Organization of Russia’s State Expanse)

Unitarianism or Federalism (To the Question of Future Organization of Russia’s State Expanse)


Zubov A.B.,

Dr. Sci. (Hist.), Prof., anzubov@orc.ru



For citation:

Zubov A.B. Unitarianism or Federalism (To the Question of Future Organization of Russia’s State Expanse) . – Polis. Political Studies. 2000. No. 5



Abstract
The author of the article points out that Russia has been traditionally a unitarian state and even in the Soviet period, notwithstanding her name as officially formulated, was not a federation. The attempt, as fixed in the Constitution of 1993, to establish federative state arrangement led to the emergence of a phenomenon which the author styles feudal federalism. What Russia needs while consolidating and perfecting centralized government, is to simultaneously develop local government and national-cultural autonomies.

Content No. 5, 2000

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Kamensky A.B.,
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